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Delhi Police conducts Raids on Homes of Six Journalists Linked to NewsClick Portal

October 3, 2023 Editor

Raids are underway across multiple locations in the NCR. Newsclick’s journalists are being questioned and their mobile phones and laptops have been seized by the cops. Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Tuesday morning raided the office of news portal NewsClick and the residences of journalists associated with it. According to official sources, the Special Cell has booked the news organisation under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. Sources informed TNIE that…

Journalist Majid Hyderi Faces Stringent Public Safety Act Charges

September 19, 2023 Editor

Former CM and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah terms Hyderi’s PSA detention as deeply disturbing Journalist and political commentator Majid Hyderi who was arrested last week by Jammu and Kashmir Police on charges of criminal conspiracy and extortion has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said on Monday. Hyderi has been booked under the PSA and lodged at the Kot Balwal jail in Jammu region of the Union Territory, they said. Hyderi, a resident of the city’s Peerbagh area, was arrested late Thursday night after…